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Published: 2009-04-26 00:12:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 1208; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 0
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My third son, David, is deploying back to Iraq at the end of the month because of Stop Loss. He was supposed to be getting out of the army in a month, but will have to stay in for another year because of that ridiculous law, which is a form of involuntary servitude. David doesn't complain, though, about having to leave his wife and child for another year. This ID is my tribute to him.[Edit Feb. 28, 2010] Six more weeks, and David will be coming home!
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Army, stationed in Camp Taji. Fortunately, he has a couple weeks leave to spend in Tennessee with his wife and son.
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must be very tough in war
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Thank-you very much!
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What a lovely idea to dedicate your ID to your son.
I hope you are able to maintain contact with him via the web God Bless Him
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Fortunately, we can talk to him every day. He's the network administrator for his camp, so he has access to the phone and computer.
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Oh, that's wonderful news
By the way, I noted you in your stock account. I used your stock. Just wanted to let you know in case you don't go to that account very often
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Thanks, because I don't often get the chance to go to that account. I have it set up so that I use a different browser to be logged in to that one.
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Thank-you very much!
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GOD BLESS HIM ALL OTHERS WHO DO THEIR DUTY AND SERVE THEIR COUNTRY REGARDLESS OF HOW UNJUST (IRAQ) THE WAR IS.
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You have a wonderful son, a brave soldier. I will pray to God that he makes it out of Iraq in one piece, comes home to his family, and goes on with his life here. I hope everyone comes out OK. Stop Loss just plain stinks.
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Thank-you very much! That means a lot to me, and yes, Stop Loss does stink. It amounts to a form of slavery, all because the US government spent so many years scaling back the military and now finds itself shorthanded. Of course, being involved in an unpopular war doesn't help recruitment either.
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As depressing as this sounds, maybe it would be a good idea to bring back the draft. That way, everyone would have to serve, not just a small group of guys who get called again and again. Recruitment must be close to impossible these days. I hear it's more than rough on the families, too. Hang in there, Kathleen, and let's keep our hopes and prayers up.
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I pray he stays safe, my son was over in Afghanistan and Iraq in the Marines for 7 months. My 17 year old twin daughters are going in the Air Force in June 2010, they have already been sworn in Delayed Entry.
Today is a much more dangerous and different world now, when I was in the Army in the early 80s Libya was acting up, that was over in a couple days.
Thank your son from my family also. I just said a prayer for him
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Thank-you so much! My son tells me that a posting in Afghanistan is much worse than Iraq. It's hard not to worry. You're right that the world has changed a lot in the last thirty years or so. I guess being in Iraq isn't as bad as Vietnam, though, so I'm thankful for that.
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Yep when my son was over there, I couldn't sleep until one day I decided to stop worrying like crazy unless the CACO Officer came knocking on my door.
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Lets hope ALL the Lads & Lasses & Civilians deployed come home soon SAFE & WELL ... Luck & Health
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Thank-you very much!
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A beautiful tribute! All of our service men & women should be heroes to each of us! I pray that he remains safe and well!
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I'm sorry. 
A friend of mine is going to Afghanistan any day now -- he might've already even left. He's gone to Iraq twice now.
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Thank-you! David says that Afghanistan is worse than Iraq. I hope for the best for your friend too.
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I am so sorry to hear this, and I wish the best of luck to you and him.
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Thank-you! What a stupid policy Stop Loss is! It amounts to involuntary servitude. What really angers me is all those people who got elected because they promised to bring our troops home and then did nothing. John McCain may have been a bit extreme for my taste, but he was at least honest about what he would do about the war.
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You're very welcome. And I share your anger about the false promises. Unfortunately it seems to me that the present state of our political system is such that βhonest campaigningβ is a contradiction in terms.
The government is not accountable to the people, nor is the media, nor is the financial sector (in spite of the fact that it recently received about a trillion dollars from the public along with a legislative proviso which bans any oversight of or investigation into the allocation and use of the funds). We are told (contrary to that old wives tale that democracy is government of the people, by the people, for the people) that democracy means we get to tick a box or pull a lever every four years, and subsequent to fulfilling that single duty, we should shut up because our input is irrelevant. During his tenure, Bush expressed his contempt for public opinion innumerable times and constantly stressed the fact that he, to quote Dick Cheney, βdoes not make policy based on public opinion polls [and] he should notβ. I have heard Obama make similar statements, along with a slew of congressional representatives. If the only role of the public in the present system is to choose between two ideologically-analogous privileged elites every four years (and funnel money to rich investment firms at a time when many of us can't even find basic employment), I would posit that America is not a democracy at all, but rather, a plutocracy. So it would follow that, if the American government is to genuinely represent the people, the entire economic and political system must be overhauled and restructured by the people themselves. And wow, Iβm really sorry; I completely did not intend to launch into a massive tirade like this. Sometimes I donβt know when to stop typingβ¦
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I agree with you completely. The sad thing is that the people don't even realize that the United States isn't really a democracy, and never was. The only true democracy was Ancient Greece. Don't feel bad about writing so much. I get to ranting to my family and they have to tell me when to quit.
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Please tell him from me, thank you for his service and sacrifice. May God keep him safe. He is a true Hero! Kathy
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Thank-you Kathy! I'll be sure to tell him.
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What a brave and wonderful son ~ may God keep him safe till he returns to his loving family. 
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